So this post may rub people the wrong way... but I won't apologize!!!  We are having a girl.  Yes, a pink-wearing, princess-loving, little girl.  Right?  I have two wonderful boys who I would not trade for the world.  I remember the day we found out Nicholas was a boy.  I was ELATED.  And I didn't even care what he was!  Jason did.  He made no secret out of the fact that girls TERRIFY him (present company included) and he wanted a boy.  Coming from a family of three boys, the unknown was really a factor for him!  Bring on baby #2.  We saw his "parts" before the technician even told us his gender.  We knew.  Another boy.  More excitement.
So here we are... baby #3.  Clearly we have two boys, so we were "trying" for a girl!  Right???  Because WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT if you have another boy!  You must obviously want what you don't have!  Having at least one of each makes a family more symmetrical, don't you think?
Let me say, I am over the moon about baby #3.  I am elated it is a girl, but I have to tell you something.  If it was a boy, I would be just as excited.  For me, the choice to have another baby was not contingent on the gender of the baby.  I honestly just thought that with hubby having two brothers, me having one brother, we were destined to be a family of all boys.  And that is okay!  I would never feel "incomplete" without a girl to love.  But I know many who do or who would if that was their situation.  All the pink makes me want to vomit just a bit (ask my mom how I feel about lace!).  And I definitely will NOT be calling her "princess" or other very girly, spoiled sounding names.  BUT... she will wear pink, and probably love Disney and dress up often as a princess.  She will probably enjoy the girly side of life more than me - that is a little frightening!  On delivery day, if she comes out a boy instead, that will be perfectly fine too!
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Congratulations on baby #3!
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